My Broken Language [electronic resource]

Hudes, Quiara Alegría2021

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From the Pulitizer-prize winning playwright of IN THE HEIGHTS, My Broken Language is a powerful and evocative retelling of a life lived between two cultures, and a vibrant and life-affirming celebration of the women who guide us.Born in Philadelphia to a Jewish father and an enigmatic Puerto Rican mother, Quiara Alegría Hudes had a love-soaked childhood marred by unspoken tragedies; wars in Vietnam and Iraq, the AIDS crisis and mysterious illnesses. Despite these losses, the women Quiara grew up around were powerful and joyful. They possessed a strength and passion that she idolised, and wanted to manifest through her art. But how, in a world that treated her like an outsider, was Quiara going to hold her own?Leaving Philadelphia, Quiara embarks on a journey to become an artist, and capture the world she loves in all its abundant beauty. As her gifts reveal themselves, she finds herself in a foreign land of Ivy League education and high achievement. An environment where she is forced to confront her inner conflicts and find a new language with which to speak to the world.